OFFICE OF ’ THE ATTORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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1 Rorolutlon
X4. 814 va‘ 844*iioa3 or the Oon8tl~tiion or
the 0ea aa
tL Sollrrrt
oolnmd and all
an& Bhe'tatem her&a
au$hodae& ax& levied dm.lX be the avaIlable aohool
fun&, 00 uh5ah tha Legirlalmre 188 ad& not exoedlllrg
on. pep oeno annually e? *ha totaf value 0r me per-
manent 44ho41 tomb;,nwh r4lru ti4be a444rtaineCIby
ths Board of EduoaMon unt.11 Obh4EWit36 provided by
law, and the arailable lhool fund 8haJ.lbe applied
annually to the rapport or the publlo rzw 8ehoola.
Ard no law #hall over be maoted approBriatla8 rnjr
part or the wxmanent QP available sahool Nnd to
any oth4ipwporo whatever nor fihall,thrbame, or
aru dart thereor ever be l--
xnwmlated
- to or uaea rm
to thelr ttoholamtio population and appliell
_Art& V&I, BootIon 5 ot the Oott&~tution ot the Btad
or Texam, tr ihi~$ioal with the wotislcms qu98ed above l’rord the
40mmitta4 lubntitato ror Senate Joint Re8aUtioa Ho, 4, exempt
thaS,the opmaf0te6 8ybstitMAe aada to Ar%Iols VX, Beaflon 5, the
wortlnrfriohem ~undarlineid
In the above quotation.
The Oomtitution or the Stat8 or Toxae a8 present pmw%aes
ror the m. orthm Am%labXe Sohool Fund to protlde rme textbooka
Ow rOr 8h6 WI6 Of~wma ats4n(llng a4 pub1%4 fr40 44hO4b Of
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this State. Arti vxx. Beation 3. or th4 aonr;tit~tiott
0r the
,_ State or Toxa8; eontalmvbhe following provlaion relating to rree
textbookm
-SW.. 3. One-tourkh at the r4v4nu4 dorlrad f&m
the 8tate 044 etioa taxem and poll tax of ona dollar
on every lnhab"It tent of the.State, between the agem of
twenty-one and &lxty yeam, Bhall be met apar& mutually
ror thm benerlt at the publio free rohoolmI agd fn ad-
dition bhweto, thme ahall be levied and ooUeoQed an
annual ad valorem State tax or ewh an amount not to
exooed thisty-ilto oents on the one hundYe (#&OO.OO)
dollan valuation, as with the availahbl'6oho@l fund
arlsln from alI other 8ouroes wlSLb4 auitioient to
malntafn and mtpport the pub116 sohool8 of'thir #tate.
ror a period or not leee than six month@ in ,+aohyear,
end it ahall be the duty or the State Ward Of Eduoatlon
. 816
Xonozable BP Harold Book, paso 3
to rot uido a NTloient a8tmtnt
out Or.the8alb
tU ‘bo prori06 fF66 86SB book6 fOF the IW6 Or Sail-
dren attendiry the pubUo free rrohootiin thie State)
peaa, ~OWSYOP,that *ad. wbe limit 0r ttudon
her6b named bo iimffioient the dMiol8 nry be met
rlatlott fmm the geneml funds of the State
Weaa?@D
W6 @so tire00yourattestloa to Artlo Z, 84otiona 6
ao& 7 Of th6 Wn~tltutloa~0r th6 stat6 or Tezam, UhiOh Mad M
rbmtmt
All n6n hav6 a natural and ind6fba8lb&e
'866. 6~..
ri&ht to rorr$%p bXmi&ht~ &id aooording t6 the dlotate6
or theh om 0008016116.B. - man 8hdll b6 46-6lhd to
attOt& -6X44t 00 -Pt W D&606 Of mX6hip, OS t0
mshdttattymlaistPya&alxmth%~ ooaeontd Ik, human
authority ought, in any oa86 whtitmiar, to ooatrol or
ittte0r6 nitth the Pi&88
of 6on86lono6 in ~tter8 of:;
~ollgloa, aml no preterenoe
shall mf be given b!j law
to, any relijgioru 80014ty01 wde of rrorahip. But it
&wlf be the duty oi t&e Legislature to pass suoh~lrtrn
aa may be nooenaary %o proteot e uaUq every rellgloum
denmatlon in the peaoeable en9oyment of its own mrd.e
or Publ%o llorrhip."
Web. 7. No money 8hall be appropr%ated, or drwn
fromthe Tzoa8uryfor tha bend18 0r any 8b4t. or ra-
ligious 8ooletyy,theologiodl or rell&iow 8sPlinary;
nor shall property belon&ln& to the Stat6 bo approprla-
ted ior attyeuoh purpore8."
fi 96aete Joint Rerolutlon Bo. 4, as a!aonded by ootittee
subs$ltute No. 1 1~~8ubmitted bp the Le&lelature and adopted by the
people, miole VII, Seotlon 5 of the (lon8tltutlon,would then.
rmaa as quoted above. St rod& then bs the duty of the wmrt8 to
aon8true all 8eotlons of the Q6natltutlon, ii po88lble. 80 thatall *
parts thereor may be @iTen effe6t. city or aan Antonio v. Toeppemeln,
104 'fox.43, 133 8. W. bib: aOP(LOta To State,6 Tex. APP. 207;
There %a6onriateaoy between
18 08 a44488ary leg&
pmv'&Un# fzer textbo&6 t6 rBih!b6n atten(LiNi
the publio -46
8oh66l6 of the St886 at F6XaS urb, aho pro+ibing -06 textbooka
to th6 obiZdr6a attondln(l8ootaPiaB 10ho038. Wo aso therorore
of th, O@iOtt that th6'pOrbiQn8 Or th. OOnStitutfQn proriding
W ~-6 tutbooks tar ehtidrea attuadlxu th6 DUb%io p$ sohmh~;:
would not b6 btpaimd by the e&qt~oA o? the m6admen
VP, lkotifm 5, or the Bbate Qon8tlttion. as pPOpOS6a 8y 00nnnitteo
SUb6tl$ut6 li000,
k tO~Sen&te $OiRt 8~8~lt1tl0~l!iO~or
4, anb that 8h4
submirslon 6nd adoptlea or maoh 6m~ntnould not ~16gdLlypre-
teat the oontimaa6e oi,tho bL8t&butlon at -66 84hoslbookr ,
to the ahildrur attonbizwthe
pt+i~ 3r46 rohoo~.
-, _'
m th%S OpidOA; am %A a%OthOP OpinbaS Of @S&S da-
-t, W6 aM ~481Xi(f Qpfy.OE th6.16gak qU68tiOnS ~O86ntO~
and not upon any m+ttern at polioy whioh spy be’larolve4.
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